SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) - We're learning what caused a truck to spark and cause an explosion in downtown Savannah.

Officers said the truck, filled with air conditioner equipment, sparked after tanks on board collided. An explosion felt and heard not just near Franklin Square, but throughout downtown.

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"There was a truck just seemed to turn and stop, and then, kaboom," witness Lex Webster said. "And then there's pieces flying through the air."

"We were on the opposite side of the hotel, and it was loud enough that it shook the room a little," Niki Milburn said. "We felt a little bit of the shake, and we jumped out of bed. We heard it very clear."

"It was more of a loud boom because we were several blocks away," Erin Bilbo said. "I mean it wasn't deafening, but we could definitely hear it."

Officers say the truck was operated by an out-of-state driver. A bystander with military training pulled the driver from the vehicle, he suffered minor injuries,

Amazingly, no one was seriously injured. The truck was filled with many chemicals, but despite the blast, the hazmat team wasn't used to clean the explosion.

A day later, you could still hear glass breaking. Crews worked to replace several windows Thursday from neighboring hotels that were blown-out.

But considering how frightening it was, many are glad there wasn't much else to fix. "It could've been really bad, so we were blessed that nobody got seriously hurt," Bilbo said.

"It absolutely to me, is glory to God that everything is fine, that there weren't any injuries because that was a miracle," Milburn said.